[This Q&A has been updated on 9 July 2025] The Impossible Burger is a lab-made, genetically modified (GMO) meat substitute designed to look, taste, and “bleed” like real meat. Its key ingredient, “heme,” is produced using genetically modified yeast and soy. This is the first time for many years that a GMO product is being …
360+ orgs & trade unions urge EU Parliament & Council to block Omnibus
Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections The publication by the European Commission of its Omnibus proposal revising key corporate sustainability laws sends a clear political signal: President Ursula von der Leyen is deprioritising human rights, workers’ rights and environmental protections for the sake of dangerous deregulation. …
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Shareholders over solutions: How big industry favours payouts over the energy transition
In the framework of the Clean Industrial Deal, energy-intensive companies are set to receive billion-Euro-subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and contribute a clean energy transition. A new investigation by Friends of the Earth Europe and SOMO however, reveals that contrary to their claims, major European companies in key energy transition sectors already have substantial access …
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Joint Statement on raw materials in EU-Indonesia CEPA
EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Indonesia and the European Union have been negotiating the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) trade agreement since 2016. There are still contentious issues remaining in the negotiations and one of the key issues is on raw materials, under the Energy and Raw Materials Chapter. This chapter specifically regulates …
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Factsheets: impacts of pesticides & citizens’ demands for pesticide reduction
The European food production relies heavily on the use of dangerous chemicals. Everyday, we are exposed to a cocktail of pesticide residues. Not only are they present in our fields and food, but also in dust and water. They are designed to kill insects, fungi and undesirable plants, but what do is far more harmful: …
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Legal Letter: Concerns Omnibus consultation process
Together with dozens of other NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe signed a letter to express our profound concern regarding the ‘Omnibus Simplification Package’ (Omnibus) announced by President von der Leyen and its potential implications for the transposition and implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting …
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